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April 13, 2011

‘US will have hard time standing alone in UN’

Israeli state officials estimated
Wednesday that the US
decision to postpone a European initiative to set parameters for peace talks
between Israel and the Palestinians will involve a price to be paid by Benjamin
Netanyahu. “The prime minister will be forced to outline his plans in a clear
manner,” one state official said.

Israel has been working to prevent UN
support in a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, however efforts to
block endorsement have thus far failed. State officials now believe such efforts
are futile, particularly in regards to the General Assembly.

An Israeli official said: “Obama wants a
Palestinian state and although the US is not interested in a unilateral
declaration, it would be hard for it to stand alone in the General Assembly and
vote against it.”

In fact, many state officials believe
Israel has failed on the UN front. “The fact that the Americans stopped the
Quartet’s plan only proves how deeply we depend on them,” one official said.
“But this hold-up will not change matters in the General Assembly and this is a
trend we cannot change.”

State officials stated that the US has
decided to step in order to take control of the situation and achieve progress.
“The Europeans couldn’t get the Palestinians to the negotiating table, the
Americans want to control matters and set the agenda.”

According to officials, efforts to form
an Israeli peace plan will be set into motion in the coming weeks, however it
does not appear Netanyahu has any prepared document. He is reviewing various
plans and proposals by political elements including Foreign Minister Avigdor
Lieberman and MK Shaul Mofaz.

“Until Netanyahu visits the US in May,
US pressure will grow. They want to see a plan with clear details and
timetables. The fact that they decided to intervene is a clear message to
Netanyahu and Israel.”

Obama wants Netanyahu to publically
declare he is willing to renew peace talks based on withdrawal to 1967 borders.

Unilateral steps?

A security official discussed the
Israeli options and said: “It’s all very unclear now, including talks of
redeployment of IDF forces in the West Bank and handing over more responsibility
to the Palestinian Authority.”

The redeployment route has been tossed
around for months now. It was raised during US-Israel talks as a possible
gesture on behalf of Israel to help renew peace negotiations.

However, the issue has yet to be
properly addressed due to its political and security sensitivity. All this
despite the fact that the IDF has contingency plans stored away suggesting ways
to hand over more responsibility to the PA.

When peace talks came to a halt several months ago, the forum
of seven ministers addressed the possibility of unilateral withdrawal from the
West Bank. However, the option was never discussed publically “so as to allow
the Americans to exhaust all other possibilities of renewing peace talks.”

The idea will likely be reviewed again ahead of the September
UN meeting. †

1 Comment

Israel as a nation will have to stand alone, depending of god on their side.
It is not easy but that is reality of faith in god of Isreal.
I am christian I know in a very fractional part of what it means to be alone whenyou are surrounded by people against in all ways. I am praying for you as a nation that grace being to you all